noun:

• women in the sciences; female scientists - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 理系女子【りけいじょし】

noun:

• three great people (e.g. of the Meiji Restoration) ➜ 維新の三傑

expression / ichidan verb:

• the skies open up; to rain cats and dogs

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving the nest; "becoming independent of one's parents" [figurative] ➜ 巣立つ【すだつ】

noun / ~する noun:

• falling of the yellow leaves and nuts (in autumn)

noun / ~の noun:

• the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

noun:

• direct planting of a cutting in the ground

expression:

• you can't catch the wind with a net - proverb

expression / noun:

• (person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso ➜ ゴッドハンド

noun:

• Golden Lion (highest prize at the Venice Film Festival)

noun:

• owning multiple animals (esp. pets of the same kind)

noun:

• the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)

noun:

• King of the Mountains (cycling, esp. Tour de France) - Sports term

noun:

• movement to overthrow the shogunate (mid-19th century Japan)

noun:

• member state of the European Union; EU country

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
• to sever (connections, ties) ➜ 縁を切る
• to turn off (e.g. the light)
• to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ➜ 電話を切る
• to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
• to open (something sealed)
• to start
• to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
• to reduce; to decrease; to discount ➜ 値切る
• to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
• to cross; to traverse
• to criticize sharply
• to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
• to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
• to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
• to shuffle (cards)
• to discard a tile - Mahjong term
• to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
• to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
• to trump ➜ 切り札
• to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) - also written as 鑽る
• to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to finish; to complete - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 疲れきる

noun:

• Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta ➜ 大歌
• ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi era to early Edo era ➜ 小唄・端唄
• kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
• noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs

noun:

• sixth day of the month
• six days

noun:

• mind; heart; spirit
• the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

conjunction:

• because; the reason is; if you want to know why

noun / suffix noun:

• equation; formula; expression
• ceremony
• style
• enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo) - archaism ➜ 律令

noun:

• prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier ➜ 内閣総理大臣

noun:

• the country; countryside; rural districts
• cultivated land; fields

noun:

• remains; traces; vestiges; relics
• (the sorrow of) parting
• end

noun:

• late at night; small hours of the morning